A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE NAME BRAND DOBRO GUITAR..
THE DOBRO, AS IT IS CALLED, IS A RESONATOR GUITAR, MADE OF WOOD OR METAL...THE DOPERA BRO'S RUDY , LEO, AND JOHN WERE PIONEERS IN THIS FIELD, THERE WERE METAL DOBRO'S MADE AND WOODEN BODY DOBRO'S . THEY STARTED MAKING DOBRO'S OF METAL BEFORE WWII AND THE OUTBREAKE OF THE WAR THE NEED FOR METALS WAS GREAT , THEY STARTED TO BUILD, SOME OF WOOD BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SUPPLY....WHAT SEPERATES THE RESONATOR GUITAR FROM OTHER GUITARS. ARE THIS...A THIN SHAPE METAL CONE IS INSTALLED EITHER IN A ROUND SOUND WELL, OR SETS IN A LIP IN THE TOP OF A GUITAR, AND IS SUPPORTED WITH SOUND POST.......THE CONE VIBRATES, GERERATING A SOUND. KIND OF WORKS LIKE A RADIO SPEAKER.....
.THE SLECTION OF WOOD IS IMPORTANT IN VOICING THE INSTRUMERT..
MAPLE ----BRIGHT MELLOW SOUND.
ROSEWOOD , SIDES AND BACK, WITH A SPRUCE TOP...DEEP RINGING BELL SOUND.
CHERRY WOOD, THE MIDDLE TO MELLOW SOUND.
WALNUT AND MOST NUT TREES GREAT MID AND LOW RANGE SOUND.
ACOUSTICS ARE A LITTLE VARABLE WITH A RESONATOR GUITAR, SINCE IT HAS A METAL CONE THAT VIBRATES, WOOD DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I USE THE SOUND POST SYSTEM AND BACK BAFFLE, TO ADD PUNCH OR BODY TO THE SOUND. SO I CAN TAKE THE USE OF SOME VIBRATION IN THE WOOD. EVERY BRACE IS CARVED BY HAND TOOLS , AND JUST A FEW POWER TOOLS ARE USED SUCH AS.. SANDER, JOINTER, BANDSAW. VERY BASIC STUFF.
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